Claire slept well throughout the night, rolling over with a groan in the morning when she heard Rhys' alarm go off.--Callie looked up, jumping a bit after he smashed the glass, "And she's not mine!" She told him.

Rhys rolled over and hit his alarm off. He didn't want to get up yet. "Its too early."-"I've never been disgusted with you until now." Everett said sharply. "You can hate me all you want but Sage has done nothing to you."

"You should've taken the day off," Claire said softly into her pillow.---"Disgusted with me until now?" Callie repeated, "Did you just think I was okay with you leaving to go see her? I understand she's a baby and she is completely innocent in all of this, I just don't want you to be a better father to her than you were to Oliver and Avery."

"I could be pursuaded." Rhys teased her and kissed her cheek.-"This isn't about them, its about you isn't it??You don't care if I raise Sage, as long as you don't feel like you're coming in second?place." Everett smirked.

Claire turned her head to look at him, "Oh really? Mr. I need to set an example to everyone?" She teased.--"How dare you," Callie said as her eyes narrowed, "You know that I have always and will always put our children first. I would be completely fine without you but our kids wouldn't."

"Spending time with your spouse sets a good example." He smrked.-"So you don't want to be with me anymore, we're only together for the kids? Thats the marriage we have now?" Everett yelled. He was tired of her making this worse.

"You're such a charmer," Claire smirked as she kissed him softly, "Now go shower and get to work so I can go back to sleep," She teased as she pulled away.--"I didn't mean it like that," Callie defended, "But I never want to be a place to you above our kids," She let out a sigh, "I feel like when we take one step forward, something happens and we take five steps back," She said, sounding defeated.

"Can you really blame me though?" Callie asked, "I just told you last night how I didn't want another baby after you suggested it and now Sage is here with us. You know how bad things got with me after Avery, I don't want that to happen again although after this morning, it might be."

"Because it's happened before, why wouldn't it happen again," Callie said, "I'm sorry I just can't think positively about this. We were in a funk after Avery and then another a few years ago. I just want all the pain and effort to be worth it. I don't want to give something my all when it's just going to get ripped out from under me again."

(Do you want to have Rhys at his office so I can bring Alexa in?)--Callie just pressed her hands against the counter, looking up at the ceiling as she closed her eyes. She let out a deep breath with it, just trying to relax herself.

(yes)Rhys got started catching up on the work he'd missed while being on vacation. He had his office door shut and was trying to work without distractions.-Everett stepped closer to her and placed a hand on her shoulder. "I want us to get through this but the way you expect me to screw up makes me feel like theres no point in trying."

"Mr. Pennington, you're 10:00 is here," Jackie, his secretary, ?said into the phone outside of Rhys' office.--Callie looked over at him when he placed his hand on her shoulder. She moved to embrace him without saying anything.

"Thats why you did it? So you could get me fired up for this?" Rhys shook his head and sat back down. "You haven't changed a bit."-Everett looked down at her and leaned in slowly to kiss her. He was afraid she'd push him away.

"Oh no one is perfect Rhys, you proved that to me," Alexa smirked.--Callie pushed herself up onto the counter, cutting her foot on a piece of glass as she did so but not even noticing as she continued to kiss him.

Alexa pulled out her notebook with her questions and grabbed a pen, "Okay, my first question is who do you attribute your successes too?" She asked.--Callie nodded before moving her hands to his cheeks and kissing him once more.